Corporate advisory
Technical advising
- strategic technical advice regarding corporate mergers, acquisitions and disposals
- due diligence reviews
- high-level (fatal flaw) reviews
- operational and technical audits
- independent peer reviews of feasibility studies and mine plans
- development project monetisation
- evaluation and strategy formulation in support of mineral asset identification
Public reporting
- preparation of mineral resources and mineral reserve statements
- technical reviews of mineral resources and reserves
- governance audits of mineral resources and reserve statements
- preparation of independent competent person’s reports (CPRs) for public reporting
- preparation of mineral asset valuation for public reporting
- due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations
- independent technical/lender’s expert reviews of projects and mining operations
Codes and guidelines applied include:
- The South African Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (the SAMREC Code)
- Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code)
- In Canada, the CIM and National Instrument 43-101
- The South African Code for the Reporting of Mineral Asset Valuation (the SAMVAL Code)
- Code for the Technical Assessment and Valuation of Mineral and Petroleum Assets and Securities for Independent Expert Reports (the VALMIN Code)
- Standards and Guidelines for Valuation of Mineral Properties (CIMVAL)
- South African Guide to the Systematic Evaluation of Coal Resources and Coal Reserves (SANS 10320:2004)
- Australian Guidelines for the Estimating and Reporting of Inventory Coal, Coal Resources and Coal Reserves
Key consultants
- John Murphy
- Keith Wilson
- Darren Portela
- Russell Heins
- Coniace Madamombe
- Jonathan Buckley
- Andrew Hart
Expert witness testimony
- professional ethics
- royalty conflicts
- mineral resource estimates
- valuation of stolen metal concentrates
- cost estimates for tax liabilities
Key consultants
Renewable energy and IPP
- identification of areas with little or no mineral prospectivity for potential IPP sites through independent technical assessments
- assessment of mineral title circumstances, including possible conflicting mining and prospecting right applications over the sites
- assessment of surface title circumstances including assessment of servitudes
- GIS advisory services
- compilation of detailed application-specific geological reports to accompany section 53 applications
- technical defence to prospecting right applications where the application has little technical merit
- due diligence on mineral title to assist with possible negotiations with existing mineral right holders